Metal tire-shield.



A. J. WALKER, METAL TIRE SHIELD.

APPLICATION FILED JULY 28, 1909.

95 7 3 o Patented Apr. 5, 1910.

UNITED STATES. PATENT OFFICE.

ARTHUR J. WALKER, 0F HOOKER, OKLAHOMA.

METAL TIRE-SHIELD.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ARTHUR J. WALKER, a citizen of the United States, residing at Hooker, in the county of Texas and State of Oklahoma, have invented a new and use- .ful Metal Tire-Shield, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to tire shields and its object is to provide a device of this character which is simple and durable in construction and which is made up of a number of separate similar-sections which can be separately applied to or removed from the tire.

Another object is to provide a shield sectionhaving an imperforate intermediate or tread portion having a cushion combined therewith.

- Another object is to provide a tire shield the cushioned tread portion of which is rovided' with anti-skidding devices constituting portions of means utilized for fastening together parts of said tread portion.

With these and other objects in view, the invention consists in certain novel details of construction and combinations of parts hereinafter more fully described and pointed out in the claim.

In the accompanying drawings the preferred form of the invention has been shown.

In said drawings :Figure 1 is a side elevation of a portion of a wheel having applied thereto some of the shield sections constitutin the present invention. Fig. 2 is an enlarged transverse section through a ortion of a tire and showing one of the shleld sections thereon, the tread portion of the shield being in section. Fi 3 is a erspective view of one of the shield sectlons detached.

Referring to the figures by characters of reference, 1 and 2 designate the inner and outer plates of the tread portion of the shield section, both of the plates being bowed longitudinally and having interposed between them a cushioning strip 3 formed preferably of rubber or other sufliciently elastic material, the plates and cushion being held together b rivets tor the like. These rivets are pre erably located adjacent the corners of the plates and the outer ends thereof are provided with substantially conical heads 5, constituting anti-skiddlng devices. The outer and inner plates 1- and 2 are preferably formed of spring steel or other material which will not be perforated as a Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed July 28, 1909. Serial No. 510,040.

Patented Apr. 5, 1910 result of ordinary use. Transversely extending slots 6 are formed in the end portions-of the plates 1 and 2 and of the cushioning strip 3 and each of these slots receives a link 7 preferably formed of a flat metal strip having its ends lapping and riveted together. Said link 7 is connected by means of a link 8 formed of heavy wire or the like with an intermediate link 9 made of a fiat metal strip having its ends lapping and riveted together and also to the opposed portion of the link, thus forming spaced eyes in one of which the link 8 is mounted while the other eye has a' link 10 disposed therein. This last mentioned link is similar to the link 8 and is loosely mounted within an eye 11 formed by one end of a fiat metal strip 12. A hook 13 extends from the free end of the strip 12. It is to be understood that a large number of these shield sections can be used, it being preferable to so mount them upon the tire as to contact at their treads and thus slots, a link arranged within each set of registering slots, said link consisting of a flat metal strip having lapping ends, and means for securing the ends together, a chain extending fromeach of said links, alternate links of the chain being made up of fiat strips of metal havin lapping ends secured together, and a hooke rim engaging member formed of a fiat metal strip having a looped end enga 'ng one of the links of each chain and sai looped portion being secured against opening.

In testlmon that I claim the foregoing as my own, I ave hereto afiixed my slgnature 1n the presence of two witnesses.

ARTHUR J. WALKER.

Witnesses:

CHAs. WALKER,

HARRY MANNING. 

